Managing College Student Loan Debt

College student loan debt is crushing many young people who can’t seem to get out from under the huge amount of money they owe for going to college. According to Forbes Magazine, the average college graduate owes about $38,000 on their student loans.

Carolee McGrath sat down with Robin Rondeau, a senior financial aid counselor at Holyoke Community College, Rodrigo Valdiviezo-Salazar, a student at HCC, and Matthew Farkas, a portfolio manager at St. Germain Investments in Springfield, to learn different options for students and their parents to manage student loan debt.

WHEN TO WATCH

At 7pm on #CPonWGBY: @mtholyoke Prof. Vincent Ferraro & @AIConCampus Prof. Gary Lefort discuss the recent drop in #oil prices. Then, tag along with @MonteBelmonte on the first leg of his march against hunger. →💻 Watch a livestream at https://t.co/lCKKpgbgd3

Prompted by her work with the Western Mass. Network to End Homelessness, Pamela Schwartz is advocating for new legislation to help solve homelessness in #MA. She explains why to #CPonWGBY host @CarrieSaldo. https://t.co/o5kmMpJ8eR

Higher schoolers in MA will now have to take #Civics to graduation. State Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose and Sen. @EricLesser discuss their recently passed civics education bill on #CPonWGBY. https://t.co/KaRfboRBaa